How to Install gir1.2-freedesktop software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gir1.2-freedesktop software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gir1.2-freedesktop software package provides Introspection data for some FreeDesktop components, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gir1.2-freedesktop 

gir1.2-freedesktop is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gir1.2-freedesktop package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gir1.2-freedesktop *

You will get with gir1.2-freedesktop package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gir1.2-freedesktop package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package gir1.2-freedesktop
Version 1.46.0-3ubuntu1
Description Introspection data for some FreeDesktop components
Sub Section Libs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gir1.2-freedesktop software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?